Details of the last 100 peaks to complete "The Grid" over the age of 60.

Middle and West Long

Hiked Middle and West Long on 8/19/2016 with Bill and Diane Schor and Bill Cronin. Weather was perfect with bright blue skies temps in the seventies and a slight breeze and there weren’t any bugs. We drove up Nash Stream road and then turned onto Trio Ponds Road until it was gated. Walked up .3 miles and then turned on to an old logging road which we followed for about a mile. The map showed the road as ending but it seemed to keep going. We turned and entered the woods heading for Middle Long. The woods were pretty open and it was easy walking. There was lots of sign of moose including some trees where they had rubbed the velvet off their antlers.

Moose rubbing tree

We reached the summit of Middle Long and found the summit canister and signed in and enjoyed our PBJs.

Middle Long summit canisterMe on Middle Long

After lunch we set off for West Long via Long Mountain Pond. This is a small pond at 3400 feet that some people hike up to and fish. The water level looked to be low with the lack of rainfall.

Long Mountain Pond

We then headed for West Long and we again encountered lots of moose evidence including some antlers.

Moose antler chewed by mice

We reached the summit and had a snack before the hike down.

West Long summit canisterBill and Diane checking the mapBunchberry on the summit

We headed down and luckily ran into the same old logging road that must have come up to near the pond. We followed that all the way down to the road which certainly made the trip easier and faster.